North Carolina Wikipedians/Monthly-Meeting/2020
2020
[edit]January 2020
[edit]Date
[edit]Tuesday, January 14, 2020, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
[edit]This is a call meeting - please join via Web Ex, information will be in your email, please pass on to any interested friends.
Agenda
[edit]- Plans for Spring
- HGAPS is doing edit-a-thons at UNC Chapel Hill on Thursday nights, March 19 and April 2
- Future Edit-a-thons
- Membership drive ideas
- In person chapter meetings
- Email listserv and who will monitor?
- Example of a request for a mailing list at lists.wikimedia.org: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T222473
- More agenda items? Please feel free to add them below.
Notes at https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/nc-triangle-wikipedians-2020jan14
Notes
[edit]Notes:
- Plans for spring / future edit-a-thons:
- 1Lib1Ref starts tomorrow! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1Lib1Ref
- Target for UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries: 400 citations!
- Annual Women in Science edit-a-thon happening at UNC Library (Kenan Science Library in Venable Hall, https://marine.unc.edu/about-us/contact/driving-directions/) in April
- Journalism Library at UNC-Chapel Hill may also have another edit-a-thon in the spring
- Black Mountain College Museum in Asheville wants to do Art + Feminism edit-a-thon in March. Kasey submitting grant proposal.
- Alice Whiteside at UNC-Chapel Hill has run numerous Art + Feminism edit-a-thons and can provide guidance if needed.
- HGAPS (https://hgaps.org) is doing edit-a-thons at UNC Chapel Hill (usually Howell Hall, next to the arboretum) (https://maps.unc.edu/history/unc-museum/howell-hall/ ) on Thursday nights, March 19 and April 2
- We can pay for parking for people interested in either event, and there will be food! (Pizza, or Moe's, or similar) 5-7pm
- March 19 is focused on clinical psychology and assessment, with lots of graduate students and some professors and clinicians
- April 2 is focused on using Wikipedia in teaching (show and tell around Wiki Edu, and small groups working on projects)
- Danielle planning to do an edit-a-thon at NCCU this semester
- Gaurav interested in doing something for Wikipedia Day... but time is tight.
- Frank's request for a Wikipedia Day: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikipedia_Day_NC_2020
- May work!
- We are in the system at Chapel Hill Public Library as a group that has had a meeting there before
- Durham Public Library is a draw, because it's either open/will open, so people might show up just to look at it
- Membership drive ideas/in-person chapter meetings
- Less editing, more party! \o/
- Doing it some place visible/with foot traffic to attract curious people
- Every other month, ideally starting in March +1
- Great American Wiknic in July: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiknic
- Email listserv and who will monitor?
- Right now we have a long email list; hard to be consistent, no systems for managing membership
- Process for applying for Wikimedia Foundation list: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists#Create_a_new_list
- Example request: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T222473
- Next meeting day
- Tuesday, Feb 4, 2020
- Tuesday, Mar 3, 2020
- First Tuesday of the month!
- Tentative: *Tuesday, April 14, 2020 (not first Tuesday due to Wikimedia Summit)
Action items:
- Kasey: Report on grant application submission process on https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Wikipedians, as well as recent edit-a-thon outcomes.
- Kasey: If you want to follow up with Alice Whiteside re: running an Art + Feminism edit-a-thon, get in touch with Therese or Emily.
- Gaurav: look into organizing a last-minute Wikipedia Day thing.
- Everyone: scout locations for social (non-edit-a-thon) gatherings
- Danielle: set up mailing list, add Gaurav as secondary administrator
February 2020
[edit]Date
[edit]Tuesday, February 4, 2020, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
[edit]This is a conference call meeting, please pass on to any interested friends. Dial-in Number for Conference call: 612-421-0950 Conference Code: 945070 Time: 7:30 pm EST
Agenda
[edit]- Follow up on tasks from last meeting
- Mailing list complication
- Wikipedia Day event follow up
- 1Lib1Ref Follow up
- March: Social Meeting
Notes
[edit]- Grant was sent in but due to complicated process it was not fully submitted
- Ideas for next year, plan ahead for for Wikipedia Day across NC (have events across the state)
- Frank will contact someone about the mailing list
Events:
- Women in Science at ECU (hope to do this in the future)
- Wikipedia Hip Hop Edit-a-thon in Charolotte, NC, February 7, hosted with MIT and Afrocrowd
- Art Library at UNC hosting Art and Feminism March 2
- Black Mountain College Edit-at-thon March 28
- March in person social, meet at the Transfer Company Food Hall in Raleigh, a Doodle Poll will be send out for possible dates.
March 2020
[edit]Date
[edit]Tuesday, March 3, 2020, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
[edit]This is a conference call meeting, please pass on to any interested friends. Dial-in Number for Conference call: 612-421-0950 Conference Code: 945070 Time: 7:30 pm EST
Agenda
[edit]- Set a date for the social meeting this month (March 21, or March 28)
- Mailing list sign up (Yay we got it)
- Online at https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-nc
- Let Danielle or Gaurav know if you run into any problems with it.
- Movement Strategy (any questions or concerns)
- Description of the Hip Hop Editathon in Charlotte, NC
- Votes for the social meetup at https://www.transfercofoodhall.com/:
- March 21: 3 votes
- March 28: 2 votes
- Eric asked about process of starting a Wikimedia user groups
- Suggest he looks at Wikimedia_user_groups/Requirements
- Here's the Wikimedians of Colorado User Group recognition resolution
- He could also get in touch with Pharos
- Please add any items
April 2020
[edit]Date
[edit]Tuesday, Arpil 28, 2020, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
[edit]This is a Webex meeting, please pass on to any interested friends. Meeting information in email. Time: 7:30 pm EST
Agenda
[edit]- Social Meeting
- Please add agenda
June 2020
[edit]Date
[edit]Tuesday, June 9, 2020, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
[edit]This is a conference call meeting, please pass on to any interested friends. Dial-in Number for Conference call: (701) 802-5077 Conference Code: 175062 Time: 7:30 pm EST
Agenda
[edit]- New Program/ Edit-a-thon ideas i.e. AfroCROWD Juneteenth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/AfroCROWD/Juneteenth2020
- Wiki Week 2020:https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wiki_Week_2020
- 2030 Movement Branding project: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project#Get_involved
- Strategy 2030: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/2030
- Please add agenda
August 2020
[edit]Date
[edit]Tuesday, August 11, 2020, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
[edit]This is a Zoom meeting, please pass on information shared in email to to any interested friends. Time: 7:30 pm EST
Agenda
[edit]- Questions/Comments/Ideas
- Virtual Wiknic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiknic
- Wiki Week: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_20_Countdown
- Please add to the agenda
October 2020
[edit]Date
[edit]Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
[edit]This is a Google Meet meeting, please pass on information shared in email to to any interested friends. Contact User No misunderstanding (talk) if you have any questions about meeting details.
Agenda
[edit]- Report Pending
- Movement Strategy recommendations
- Proposed Bylaw changes Wikimedia Foundation
- Oct.25th All-Affiliates Strategic Meeting to discuss changes (Bylaws, etc.): https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network#Oct_25_19:00_UTC_participants
- Future Plans
- Questions/Comments/Ideas
- Mark your calendar:December 3-6 for virtual conference (virtual WikiCon North America). Who wants to present?
- Please add to the agenda